Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Burt Reynolds plays the patriarch, Jack Horner, an idealist porn director convinced that his films are art. With his wife Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), Jack serves as a surrogate parent to his actors: Eddie, whom he finds working as a runner in a disco; Rollergirl (Heather Graham), named for the rollerskates that never leave her feet, even when the rest of her clothing do; and Reed Rothschild (John C. Reilly), Eddie's boyish sidekick. This family, which includes a few other "stars" and crew members like Little Bill (William H. Macy) and Buck Swope (Don Cheadle), proves surprisingly endearing...
...worthwhile and the ridiculous meaningful. Mark Wahlberg is excellent as the central character who changes from innocent and stupid Eddie Adams to egotistical and stupid porn star Dirk Diggler. Burt Reynolds seems likely to get a Travolta-like burst of renewed big-screen legitimacy from this role, as plays Jack with such sincerity that we almost believe that his films might actually be good (until we see how hilariously bad they really are). Jack, who has the delicacy to use terms like "Mr. Torpedo" rather than filthier terms for male genitalia, comes across as an honest and decent man despite...
...Boogie Nights" has several great lengthy party sequences that, seen through this roving camera, allow production designer Bob Ziembicki to show off his fun and scarily accurate rendering of 1970s styles. Dramatically, these parties also serve as moments of intense action and change: Jack's 1980 New Year's party in particular is a crossroads after which none of the characters' lives remain the same. The carefree '70s have finished, and now these characters must face the sobering (if drug-ridden) '80s. What goes up must come down, and as usual, the fall is not nearly as much...
...characters ultimately get some perspective as well. By the end of the film, in a shot that cleverly mirrors the opening disco scene, Jack surveys his "family" and uses a classic '70s word to describe what his life has become in the '80s: "mel-Photo courtesy of New Line CinemaAN ENSEMBLE CAST: BURT REYNOLDS, MARK WAHLBERG and JULIANNE MOORE invite you to their party and hope that you will stay around to help...
...endeavor to solve this puzzle that eventually led him to the field of string theory, and then, back to Harvard this fall, where he joined his father, Jack L. Strominger '46-'47, Higgins professor of biochemistry, on the Faculty...